Engineering Escherichia coli for methanol conversion

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue , 2015, Pages 190-201

  Müller, Jonas E N ^a   Meyer, Fabian ^a   Litsanov, Boris ^a   Kiefer, Patrick ^a   Potthoff, Eva ^a   Heux, Stéphanie ^b,c,d   Quax, Wim J ^e   Wendisch, Volker F ^f   Brautaset, Trygve ^g,h   Portais, Jean Charles ^b,c,d   Vorholt, Julia A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UMR792 INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES BIOLOGIQUES ET DES PROCÉDÉS   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

^h NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Methanol; Methylotrophy; One carbon metabolism; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLOGY; CARBON; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; GENES;

BACILLUS METHANOLICUS; CARBON METABOLISM; FORMALDEHYDE OXIDATION; METHANOL CONVERSION RATES; METHANOL DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIA; METHYLOTROPHY; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

METHANOL;

6 PHOSPHO 3 HEXULOISOMERASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTATHIONE; METHANOL; METHANOL DEHYDROGENASE; METHANOL DEHYDROGENASE 2; NAD DEPENDENT METHANOL DEHYDROGENASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; RIBULOSE PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE (ACCEPTOR); BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

6 PHOSPHO 3 HEXULOISOMERASE GENE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS METHANOLICUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; HEXULOSE 6 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACILLUS METHANOLICUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METHANOL;

EID: 84922433192     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2014.12.008     Document Type: Article

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